Supporters of the pre-teen included Dave Eggers, the mayor of Dunedin.

“I think it is a great show of entrepreneurship," Eggers told WPTV. "This 12-year-old is setting a great example. I don't know what the other neighbor’s problem is, but I would like to talk to him to try to figure it out.”

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Thomas Washburn

Washburn was a 54-year-old kindergarten teacher in Mesa, Ariz. when he allegedly punished a crying 6-year-old girl by taking off her shirt and leaving her half-naked for 10 minutes. The student started crying because Washburn had allegedly shouted at the two dozen kids in his class in January, 2014.